Marcel-waving device



Nov. 8, 1927. 1,648,740

T. OMALLEY MARCEL WAVING DEVICE Filed May 12, 1925 i atented Nov. 8, 1927.

UNITED STATES Per-rm QFFICE- .TULLEY OMALLEY, OF CORDOVA, TERRITORY OF ALASKA.

MaRoEnwAvrNG :onvron.

Application filed May 12, 1925. Serial No. 29,678.

The primary aim and fundamental object of this invention is the provision of a Marcurved and transversely elliptic tubular formation; a series of interconnected and manually operable presser members of longitudinally curved and transversely concaved or semifelliptical 'formatiol'i pivot-ally mounted upon said interconnected heated members and co-acting or co-operating therewith, and a resilient or spring member interposed therebetween designed to maintain the said concaved pi'esser members in normally abutting relation with the correlated heated ele ments thereof.

The invention further resides in. the provision of a Marcel waving device, wherein the assembly of the several parts thereof maybe expeditiously and rapidly eti'ected, and wherein the dismantling of such parts for renewals or repairs may be similarly etl'ected and performed. V

'The invention still further resides in the provision of a Marcel waving device of simple. durable and economical constriu-tion, that is positive, etlicient and relial' lc in use and operation, that will not readily get out of order, and that maybe nianiifmiurcd at :1 comparativcly low cost.

The invention still further resides in the novel construction, con'ibination, adaptation and arrangement of parts. as will hereinafter-be more fully described and succinctly defined in the claims appended hereto.

Referring now to theaccompanying drawings, wherein is illustrated the invention in the specific form, as at present preferred:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a Marcel waving device :labricated in accordance with the invention, certain parts thereof being shown in section, certain other parts omitted and certain other partsbroken away for clarity of. illustration.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, with the Presser members of the same illustrated in position in dot and dash'lines.

an open position in full lines andin a closed Fig. 3 is a longitudinal medial section tairen through -3 of F 1g.1.

Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of the device.

- Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical through 55 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a similar section taken through 6 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a similar section taken Fig. 8 is a similar 8-8 of Fig. 3.

In the accon'ipanying drawings and in the following description I have elected to illus section taken through trate and describe the invention, as. embodied 111B. structure having three longitudinally curved and heated members with the correlated manually operable and spring-pressed presser members therefor, but, manifestly the features of the invention may be embodied in a structure having any number of heated members and correlative presser members, without departing from the spirit thereof or the benefits derivable therefron'i, the present showing being merely by way of illustration. 1 i

In thedrawings and in the following description similar reference symbols or characters designate similar parts throughout the several views.

The numeral 10 designates a. series of longitudinally and downwardly curved spaced parallel tubular members, preferably elliptical or oval in cross-section, having the outer closed ends thereof provided with rounded wedge-shaped terminal portions 11,-

and having the inner open ends thereof interconnected in lixed relation to form and constitute thereat the lower section or half 12 of a curvilinear sectional casing 13 extending inwardly therefrom in prolongation thereto, said section 12 having an integral semi-cylindrical shank portion 14 extending inwardly from the inner end thereof in axial alignment therewith. I

' Superpos'ed upon the lower or fixed section 12 of the sectional casing 13 in vertically aligned relation therewith is a complemental upper removable section or half 15 hav ing an integral semi-cylindrical shank portion 16 extending inwardly therefrom in axial alignment therewith designed to be normally superposed upon theshank let of the section 12, and in conjunction therewith section taken through' Hill lit?

to form and provide thereat a hollow cylindrical shank for the sectional casing 13 upon which is sleeved a tubular handle 17, preferably of heat insulating material. The

' tubular handle 17 serves to maintain the semi-cylindrical shank portions 1 1 and 16 respectively, in abutting and aligned relation, as will be noted by referring to Fig. 8 and is adapted to be rigidly secured thereon against axial dislodgment therefrom, as by a screw 18.

The tubular members 10 are provided with liners 19, of asbestos or other suitable insulating material, within which are disposed resistance coils or heating elements wound upon hollow insulating cores 21. The coils 20 are preferably interconnected in series, as shown, so that should one coil burn out the device would be rendered inoperative, and the users or operators attention would thus be positively and promptly directed thereto.

The resistance coils 20 are connected to a source of electrical energy, not shown, and for this purpose the free terminals 22 of the outer coils are connected, at a convenient point within the curvilinear casing 13, to the inner terminals of insulated twisted conduc- -tor wires 23, which lead outwardly from said casing 13 through the cylindrical shank thereof, as shown more clearly in Fig. 1, and at the outer terminals thereof are connected in any well known manner to said source of electrical energy.

The lower and upper sections 12 and 15, respectively, of the curvilinear casing 13, with the correlated semi-cylindrical shank portions 14 and 16 thereof, are each provided with liners or layers 2%, of insulating material, to thereby positively insure against and obviate short circuiting of the coil terminals 22 or correlated conductor wires 23 within the metallic casing 13 and the cylindrical shank thereof, as will be obvious and apparent by referring to Fig. 1.

The insulated and twisted conductor wires 23 are retained against longitudinal movement or dislodgment from within the tubular handle 17 and from discngagen'ient with the correlated terminals 22, of the coils 20, by forming a knot 25 upon said conductor wires 23, which knot 25 is disposed or seated within a recess 26 formed in the outer end of the tubular handle 17, wherein it is normally interposed between the outer end of the cylindrical shank of the curvilinear casing 13 and the inner end of a knurled sleeve 27 threadably engaged within the outer end of the recess 26, as shown in Fig. 1. p

The numeral 28 designates a series of longitudinally and downwardly curved spaced parallel presser members, preferably of semi-ellipticalor semi-oval cross-section,

' within which the tubular memberslO are designed to interfit and co-act therewith, said presser members having the outer ends thereof provided with rounded terminal portions 29 and having the inner ends thereof interconnected in fixed relation, to form and provide thercat an inwardly and downwardly extending curvilinear portion 30 having a thumb engaging button 31 secured upon the outer face of the terminal thereof.

Formed upon the upper edges of the portion 30 adjacent the inner ends of the correlated presser members 28 thereof are upwardly extending ears or lugs 32, which are pivotally connected; as by pivot pins or pintles 33 to similarly extending cars 34; formed upon the lower section 12, of the curvilinear casing 13, and to downwardly extending ears 35 formed upon the upper or removable section 15, of said casing 13, as more clearly shown in Fig. 6, wherein it will be observed that the pivot pins 33 also serve to rigidly secure the forward ends of the said lower and upper sections in closed or abutting relation.

A flat spring 36 rigidly secured at the outer end thereof to the inner face of the terminal, of the curvilinear portion 30, eX- tends inwardly therefrom and at the inner or opposite end is curved or bent backwardly to abut the underside of the curvilinear casing 13, substantially as shown in Fig. 3, to

thereby normally maintain the tubular members 10 in interfitting and coacting relation with the correlated presser members 28 thereof. 1

The longitudinal or side edges of the semielliptical presser members 28 are preferably curved or bent outwardly and downwardly, as shown more clearly, at 37, in Fig. 7, whereby smooth curvilinear surfaces are presented to the hair and stretching, breaking, mashing or shearing of the hair thereat is positively eliminated and prevented, when ion said hair is pressed between the interlitting I and co-acting tubular members 10 and presser members 28 dtn'ing the waving or treating of the same.

It will be observed by referring to the accompanying drawings and to the foregoing description, that by fabricating the present structure in the manner herein disclosed and described, that the assembly of the several parts thereof may be expeditiously and rapidlyeifected, and when necessary the dismantling ofthe structure may be similarly performed by removing the screw 18, sliding the tubular handle 17 outwardly upon theinsulated twisted conductor wires 23, and removing the pivot pins 33 todetach the upper section 15 and the presser members 28' from the structure, whereupon the coils 20 and correlated connections thereof are rendered readily accessible.

bers 10 of thedevice are first heated, whereupon the presser members 28 are opened, by

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the operator exerting pressure upon the correlated thumb button 31, and the curved outer terminals 29thereof inserted into the hair to interpose a suitable quantity of hair between the tubularmembers and presser members 28, following which said presser members 28 are closed upon the hair and upon said tubular members 10 to press said hair between the co-acting and interfitting faces of said members. When this occurs the hair is held rigidly in position therebetween and is allowed to remain until the waving or crimping of the same is effected, following which the prcsser members are again opened and the operation is repeated upon another portion of the hair.

By forming the tubular members 10 and presser members 28 in the longitudinally curved manner shown and described, the device will more readily conform to the curvilinear contour of the head, whereby a more uniform and symmetrical Marcel wave is se cured for the hair, and such device is particularly advantageous in cases where the hair is extremely short, for the reason that due to the curved formation thereof and the fact that the presser members 28 are disposed adjacent the scalp, said device may be used with greater advantage and safety much closer to the scalp than the devices heretofore in general use. Further by fabricating the outer terminals 11 of the tubular members 10 in the rounded wedge-shaped formation shown and described and the outer terminals 29, of the presser members 28, in

the manner herein disclosed, the tendency of such terminals to catch or stick in the hair during Marcel or waving operations is substantially eliminated and prevented. Again by fabricating the tubular members 10 in the elliptical or oval formation disclosed. and the co-acting presser members 28 thereof in the semi-elliptical manner herein set forth substantially the maximum area of abutting or contacting surface therebetween is obtained and secured, as will be obvious and apparent by referring to Fig. 7.

lVhile I have herein shown and described my invention with sufiicient detail to enable those skilled in the art to understand the mod-e of construction and the principles involved, it is to be understood that there is no intentional limitation herein to the specific form and precise details of construction of the invention shown and described, except as expressly defined by the appended claims, and that various modifications of said construction may be resorted to without departing from the invention or benefits derivable therefrom. I also desire to have it under: stood that certain features of the invention herein shown and described may be employed in other combinations than those herein shown.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what -I claim-as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In combination with a Marcel wavlng device, of a longitudinally curved tubular member substantially elliptic in crosssecrelation at the inner ends thereof and pivot ally mounted thereat upon said tubular members to receive and co-act with the inner longitudinally curved sides thereof.

3. In a Marcel waving device, in combination, a longitudinally curved tubular memher, a resistance coil insertible therein, a

handle for said tubular member, and a spring-pressed longitudinally curved semitubular prcsser member having flaring side edges, said presser member being pivotally mounted upon said tubular member to receive and co-act with the inner longitudinally curved side thereof.

4;. In a Marcel waving device, in combination, a longitudinally curved tubular memher the inner longitudinally curved side of which constitutes a hair abutting surface, a resistance coil insert-able within said tubu lar member, a removable handle sleeved upon said tubular member, and a springpressed longitudinally curved semi-tubular p-resser member pivotally mounted upon said tubular member adjacent the handle thereof to receive and co-act with saidhair abutting surface and having a curvilinear thumb engaging portion projecting therefrom to extend over the inner end of said handle in close proximity and symmetrical relation thereto.

5. In a Marcel waving device, in combination, a plurality of longitudinally curved tubular members closed at the outer wedgeshaped ends and interconnected in spaced parallel relation at the inner open ends thereof and provided thereat with asemicylindrical shank portion extending in axial prolongation therefrom, resistance elements insertible within said tubular members, a removable closure for the inner open ends of said tubular members having a semi-eylindrical shank portion extending therefrom complemental to said first named shank portron, a tubular handle sleeved upon said semi-cylindrical shank port-ions, a plurality nally curved sides thereof, and a spring interposed between said tubular and presser members to maintain the same in abutting 10 and co-acting relation.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature;

TULLEY OMALLEY. 

